Another rat jumps ship
"A prescription for American suicide."
That's from an editorial in the "Pittsburgh Tribune-Review," and it's referring to Bush's policy in Iraq.
And guess who wrote it? No, not a Wascally Wibwul Bush Basher .. the newspaper is owned by conservative billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife .. a loyal supporter of Republican politicians and many conservative causes. AND he spent beaucoup money funding a network of investigations into President Clinton's doin's in the 1990s .. paid for those sleazy documentaries that portrayed Clinton as a murderer and a drug runner.
The editorial goes on to say that if President Bush does not end this war, the people must do so .. and urges the Senate to follow the House's lead and vote to withdraw troops from Iraq. It says, the term "progress" no longer has any meaning.
"The fledgling Iraqi government -- how long can it reasonably be called that -- consistently has not stepped up to the plate. President Bush warns that U.S. withdrawal would risk 'mass killings on a horrific scale.' What do we have today, sir?"
Indeed sir .. what happened in Iraq yesterday could be called 'mass killings on a horrific scale'.. suicide bombers killed and wounded hundreds .. executions .. mutilated charred bodies all over the place. Rivers of blood literally ran in the streets.
"Quite frankly, during last Thursday's news conference, when George Bush started blathering about 'sometimes the decisions you make and the consequences don't enable you to be loved,' we had to question his mental stability."
And now with Bush leaning towards the Cheney position on Iran, there is serious reason to question Bush's mental stability and overall grasp of reality.
Wow .. it's getting pretty bad when Righties line up with Lefties to call Bush's Iraq policy a "prescription for American suicide" .. and questions his mental stability.
Here's the entire editorial:
"Perhaps Jack Murtha put it best: The Pennsylvania congressman, among the first to make the cogent argument that staying the course in Iraq was the exercise in futility that indeed the war has become, says President Bush is delusional.
Based on the president's recent performance, we could not agree more. "Staying the course" is not simply futile -- it is a prescription for American suicide.
We've urged for months to bring our troops home. Now is the time.
"Progress" has become such a nuanced, parsed and tortured term that it no longer has meaning.
The "fledgling" Iraqi government -- how long can it reasonably be called that? -- consistently has not stepped up to the plate.
President Bush warns that U.S. withdrawal would risk "mass killings on a horrific scale." What do we have today, sir?
And quite frankly, during last Thursday's news conference, when George Bush started blathering about "sometimes the decisions you make and the consequences don't enable you to be loved," we had to question his mental stability.
If the president won't do the right thing and end this war, the people must. The House has voted to withdraw combat troops from Iraq by April. The Senate must follow suit.
Our brave troops should take great pride that they rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein. And they should have no shame in leaving Iraq. For it will not be, in any way, an exercise in tail-tucking and running.
America has done its job.
It's time for the Iraqis to do theirs."
Look at me -- actually agreeing with a Rabid Rightie!
After waiting and hoping for so long for this Rightie switch-over to occur, I am actually surprised to see it. Maybe it took a big mouth like O'Reilly to get the conservative ball rolling:
Don't cry Georgie, at least there is one Rightie who's sticking like glue -- Bill Kristol still thinks you are a great president.
